Want to meet a real hero? Here’s 29-year-old James Shaw, who just disarmed a mass shooter

There is a hero living in the state of Tennessee. His name is James Shaw. He’s 29-years-old, and he disarmed a killer in the process of carrying out a mass shooting Sunday morning at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tenn.

This is the Waffle House hero, James Shaw Jr. He tackled the shooter and saved so many lives in the process. Thank you James. And thank you TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center for your wonderful doctors and nurses who quickly took care of his injuries. pic.twitter.com/kKORfI24G1

Naturally, Shaw does not think of himself as a hero, even though he is. He told the Tennesseean:

“I don’t really know, when everyone said that (of being a hero), it feels selfish,” Shaw Jr. “I was just trying to get myself out. I saw the opportunity and pretty much took it.”

We’ll say it for you, Mr. Shaw.

James Shaw Jr. was identified as the hero who helped stop the Waffle House shooter this morning. He says he doesn’t feel like a hero, which is exactly what you’d expect a real hero to say. https://t.co/0N08omw80u